Delegation of the US Department of Commerce will land in Tashkent on October 16, announced the US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Marisa Lago at a meeting with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan Javlon Vakhabov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of a project to develop the electric vehicle industry and expand servicing electric vehicles Monday, the presidential press service of the head of state reported.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kyiv in a statement once again called on fellow countrymen to refrain from traveling to Ukraine until the conflict is resolved.

Perhaps the oldest manuscript about the life and work of Amir Timur, written in Uzbek, was found in Dushanbe, the Republican Center for Spirituality and Education reported.

Samarkand hosted the next meeting of the chief of military communications of the CIS member-states. In line with the decision of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member-states, the next meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Heads of Communications was held in the situational center of the Central Military District.

President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov held a traditional press briefing and briefed about the president's weekly schedule. "On October 11, the head of state will host the leader of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, and discuss the ways to further advance interprovincial cooperation with new content and specific projects, as well as expediting joint programs of cooperation.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov arrived on a working visit to Uzbekistan. According to the press service of the Tatar leader, the plans include visiting enterprises, opening a branch of Kazan Federal University in Jizzakh, meeting with provincial governor offices.

The Tashkent city people's deputies council at the 71st session on Monday unanimously approved reducing the speed of vehicles on all streets within the Small Ring Road from 70 to 60 km/h, and in some sections of a number of central streets - up to 50 km/h.

President of the Council of the European Union Charles Michel will visit the countries of Central Asia. He tweeted about upcoming visits to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Amendments were announced to the Article 13 of the Banks and Banking Activities Law. The amendmenst provide for gradual increase of the minimum amount of bank charter capital to 500 billion soums (US$ 5 million).

Sijjak resort in Bostonliq district of Tashkent province, which was owned by Gulnara Karimova, has been put up for sale again for the second time by the State Asset Management Agency. The lot was valued at 70 billion soums on the E-auction site.

On October 6, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, they discussed the outcomes of the SCO Summit in Samarkand on September 15-16.

Border troops of the State Security Service (SSS) of Uzbekistan met with representatives of the Taliban movement in Hairatan port of Balkh province on October 5.

After the March remarks of former Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, in which he announced Uzbekistan's support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, Uzbekistan began to have economic problems, the leader of Milliy Tiklanish party, Alisher Kadirov told Kun.uz.

47 members of the UN Human Rights Council voted against holding a debate on alleged abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the council's press office said.

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a vocational and entrepreneurship training program for approximately 1,000 rural women who are either survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) or are at-risk for GBV. USAID will also support graduates in finding skilled employment and starting their own businesses. This initiative is part of USAID’s $3.4 million Women’s Economic Empowerment program supporting rural women in Uzbekistan through equipping them with the skills they need to enter the economy as skilled employees and entrepreneurs.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is facilitating a more reliable and sustainable electricity transmission network in Uzbekistan by providing fresh funds to state power transmission company National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan (NEGU).

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, and will attend of the informal CIS Summit on October 7 in St. Petersburg, the presidential press service said.

The governments of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will set up a joint venture to manage the Kempir-Abad (Andijan) reservoir on the border of the two countries, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said on his Facebook page.

By decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded the Friendship Order of the Highest Degree, announced the President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.